Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1876 — School Rules. [ARTICLE]

School Rules.

The followiM rules were adopted Dooember 25*, 1875, by Messrs. IL F. Chfloote,J. Healey, and R. Feodig, trustees. for the government of the Rensselaer public • Pupils are required to be punctual and regular in attendance and at recitation; to devote their time exclusively to the proper duties of the school-room; to occupy ouch a seat aa the teacher shall assign; to provide themselves with such books and utensils, and pursue such •todies aa the superintendent or

school board shall direct. Any pupil who shall be absent five half days or tardy five times in any one term without satisfactory excuse from parent or guardian, shall be suspended from the privileges of the school; and no pupil thus suspended shall be restored until satisfactory assurance shall have been given that the attendanee will be punctual in the fiature, and permission be obtained from the superintendent or school board. Upon the return of the pupil after any absence an excuse will be required from the parent or guardian in person or in writing, assigning a reason for the same. If it shall have been caused by the sickness of the pupil, or the family, or other urgent necessity, the absence shall be excused, and so marked in the register for that day. Pupils must walk quietly and in •ingle file through the halls and up and down the stairs, and not remain In the halls or stairways at any time when their school rooms are open. They must make no loud noise in any part of the building at any lime, must refrain from all conversation in balls or stairways after the first bell, and not go info rooms belonging to other departments without permission from a teacher.

If any injury shall be done to any school building or any building thereto belonging, such pupil or his parent or guardian shall cause immediate compensation to be made, otherwise the pupil shall be suspended from the school; and any pupil who shall anywhere on or around the school premises use or write any profane or unchaste language, or draw any obscene picture, or out, mark, or deface any school furniture, or building, or any property whatever belonging to the school sstate, shall be punished in proportion to the extent of the offence, and shall be liable to the pivil law.

Pupils must be careful to .clean All mud and dirt from their feet before entering the school room; must keep their seats, desks, and the floor about them, tidy; must be cleanly in person and clothing, gentlemanly and ladylike in deportment towards one another, and obedient and respectful to teachers. Pupils are required to obey these regulations promptly, and all roles of order established by the superintendent or teacher for their conduct m the school room, in the hall, or about the school ground. Pupils shall not be allowed to assemble about the school premises At unreasonable hours before the commencement pf school, nor to remain after the dismissal of the same.

Parents are requested to rate with the school board and teachers in all matters pertaining to the schools. In vain will be the plans resorted to by the teacher to encourage punctuality, regular attendance and a good degree of earnestness, unless their be a sympathy felt by the parents, and manifested by a hearty co-operation on their part. We invite you to visit the schools and personally inspect their management, thereby giving encouragement to both teachers and pupils. Let thia be considered a regular duly on your part, and try and perform it as often as your circumstances will permit. * . •"Madam,*’said a trance medium, "“your husband’s spirit wishes to communicate with you.” “No mat. ter,** said the widow. ""If he’s got no more spirit m the other world than he had in this,- it’s not worth bothering about” ■ Zack Teeter, of Laporte county, pprns apij with one head and two